Special and Named Printed Collections in the National Library of Scotland
Prints in the Walter Blaikie Collection on deposit in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery
| Shelfmark: | 9.14 |
| Title: | The Plagues of England or the Jacobites Folly |
| Description: | Satire
Picture of Prince Charles with his supporters on a stage, with the King of France playing a tune, leading England with Poverty and Folly. The drawing has alphabetical labels, and names each part of the picture, including neglected industry, and French heroes escaping jail; Prince Charles is a creature with wings and horns in a loin cloth, and a pointed tail, and dragon like creatures are flying in the air
Three lines of text describing the drawing and then "Sold by I Envart facing Old Slaughter's Coffee house St.Martins Lane near Long Acre" |
| Subject: | Prince Charles Edward Stuart (1720-1788) |
| Medium: | Line engraving on paper |
| References: | BM Div 1 Vol. III Pt. 1 page 525 No. 1659
WB 97 |
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